No matter what you do in life, you will reach your objective a whole lot faster if you set goals for yourself. This helps us to develop a plan. Everything you do worthwhile in life, is easier to do when you have a clear, concise, plan. Achieving weight loss quick and easily is no different. You must have a plan. You must be careful though that you don't set goals that are unrealistic.
To set unattainable goals is to set yourself up for failure. A plan and goals are terrific. But unreachable goals are a sure path to failure. To experience weight loss quick and easily, you must be careful of what you think of as "quick" or "easy". Anything in life that is worth doing is usually not easy. But, on the other hand, you can make things alot harder than they really are with an attitude of failure. Don't create an attitude of failure by setting unrealistic goals of losing weight at some unbelievable rate. It took a long time for us to get in the shape we're in. It may take quite some time to get in the shape that we would like to be in.
So then, weight loss quick and easily could be considered a "frame of mind". The weight will come off if our diet is effective. And it will come off easily if we have the right frame of mind. If we stay determined, and let nature take it's course, we will succeed. Our bodies will do what is needed to achieve weight loss at a good rate of speed, if we are doing what we need to do mentally to keep our eye on the goal that we should be setting. The goal to be in the best shape we can be in, in a realistic amount of time.
Everyone of us, who is overweight, would like to experience weight loss quick and easily. The idea that we need to get through our thick skulls is that, 'it took a long time for us to get this way, and it may take a little longer than we would like to turn our weight problem around'.
By all means, set goals for losing weight. But, don't be unrealistic. Don't let us think that we are going to experience weight loss quick and easy without effort on our part. Nothing in life worth having is easy, and the things we would like to achieve will need to take time.
To Your Success,
Dr. Doug
(not a real doctor, just a smart guy)!
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